PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aeson Beckley (ranked 3479 p4p, 2082 weight class) and Miles O Brien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Brien is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: COVID was an excuse. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beckley
vs
O Brien

175 cm
27
158
12 - 13 - 0

172 cm
33
152
21 - 17 - 1

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 13 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aeson Beckley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miles O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Sergei Dronov and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Brien lands a nice shot to the body.
Beckley misses with a takedown attempt - O Brien sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Beckley rushes O Brien and presses him up against the cage.
O Brien misses with an elbow over the top.
O Brien struggles to land a body shot inside as Beckley controls his hands.
O Brien misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Brien lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Beckley blocks an elbow strike.

O Brien pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
O Brien keeps the fight on the outside.
O Brien scores with a jab to the jaw.

Beckley clinches up against the cage.
O Brien tries to land knees in the clinch but Beckley avoids the damage to the body.
O Brien misses with the head strike.
O Brien tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
O Brien lands an elbow that stopped Beckley in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Aeson Beckley has been cut.
Beckley throws a knee to the head but misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien pushes off an throws an elbow but Beckley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
O Brien takes an elbow to the temple.
Beckley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Brien has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Beckley is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
O Brien throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Beckley stalling.
Beckley avoiding damage as O Brien throws knees to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckley trying to land knees to the body.
O Brien misses with an elbow strike.
O Brien lands a right hand.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien throws an elbow that misses.
O Brien tries to land knees in the clinch but Beckley avoids the damage to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
O Brien can't find room to land a body shot as Beckley controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien lands a left hand.
A nice glancing elbow lands by O Brien.
O Brien has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Beckley seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if O Brien can turn it around.
O Brien lands an uppercut.
Beckley can't find room to land a body shot as O Brien controls the action.
Beckley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Beckley avoiding damage as O Brien throws knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
O Brien misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Our sources have told us that Beckley has been working on his elbows in the gym.
A frustrated look appears on O Brien's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miles O Brien dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aeson Beckley's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

O Brien throws a body shot but no joy.
Beckley fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Brien throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Beckley counters with a stiff right hand.
O Brien throws a front kick that sends Beckley stumbling back into the cage.
O Brien throws a nice inside leg kick.
O Brien misses with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Beckley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beckley darts in trying to clinch
and O Brien connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Beckley is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien throws a nice outside leg kick.
O Brien fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
O Brien throws a poor cross that misses
and Beckley counters with a three punch combo that has O Brien backing up. O Brien nods at Beckley to acknowledge the strikes.
O Brien scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Beckley tries to close the distance and clinch but O Brien swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beckley fails with an attempt to clinch.
O Brien looks to land a body kick but Beckley moved away.
O Brien throws a body shot but no joy.
O Brien avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Beckley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
O Brien tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Beckley.
Miles O Brien seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short right from O Brien on the inside.
O Brien has Beckley pushed against the cage.
Beckley slowing the pace effectively.
Beckley blocks an elbow strike from O Brien.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beckley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Brien avoids it.
O Brien has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Beckley avoids it.
Beckley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Beckley content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Beckley misses with a knee strike.
Beckley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and O Brien avoids it.
O Brien misses with an elbow strike.
O Brien looks to throw an elbow but misses.
O Brien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
O Brien is leaning against Beckley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Brien taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
O Brien landing some nice looking knees to the body.
O Brien misses with a short punch on the inside.
O Brien tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Beckley will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning O Brien up against the cage.
O Brien trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Beckley content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Miles O Brien showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Aeson Beckley's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Beckley avoids the body shot from O Brien.
It looked like Beckley was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
O Brien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beckley.
And Beckley counters with a quick kick to the body but O Brien blocks it.
O Brien throws a jab when Beckley was well out of range.
O Brien lands with a good body shot.
O Brien is looking to slow Beckley down with leg kicks.
O Brien throws a sloppy body shot
and Beckley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick lands there from O Brien.
A low kick lands for O Brien.
Beckley closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Beckley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
O Brien is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Beckley rather than just go for the knockout.
Beckley moves to clinch but O Brien breaks away
and O Brien counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
O Brien throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Beckley slips a jab from O Brien.
Beckley tries to clinch up but O Brien circles away and keeps his distance.
Beckley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
O Brien throws a body shot but no joy.
O Brien goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien tries to land a leg kick but Beckley saw it coming and moves away.
Miles O Brien seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Brien throws a leg kick
enabling Beckley to counter with a crisp jab.
A head kick misses from O Brien.
An attempted straight right counter from Beckley misses the target.
Aeson Beckley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
O Brien jabs at Beckley's body.
A low kick lands for O Brien.
Beckley is looking to clinch but O Brien is avoiding it.
Beckley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Beckley is looking for a counter combo.
Beckley tries to clinch up
and O Brien counters with a thumping low kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien throws a hook but Beckley avoids it easily.
Beckley swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Good leg kick by O Brien.
Beckley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from O Brien.
O Brien throws a half hearted mid kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Beckley misses its target.
Beckley defending well as O Brien loads up on a big left hand.
Beckley appears to be looking for a big counter.
Miles O Brien is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Beckley doesn't manage to clinch there - O Brien circles away.
Jab, jab by Beckley - just one landing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from O Brien.
O Brien throws a body punch but Beckley moves out of range.
Beckley was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

Beckley clinches up against the cage.
O Brien on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
O Brien tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Beckley's elbow.

O Brien escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Beckley throws a right and a left that O Brien avoids nicely.
Beckley is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Beckley slips under a jab.
Beckley went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
O Brien fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.

And that's the end of the fight!
Miles O Brien comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well O Brien has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 27:30
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Miles O Brien!
Our winner, Miles O Brien, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.